Model secondary plan for reading intervention and development

A Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for
Reading Intervention and Development
A response to requests from Minnesota schools and districts
to provide guidance in developing reading intervention programs
for secondary students

Developed by the Quality Teaching Network: Reading
January 2006

Acknowledgements

The Quality Teaching Network: Reading (QTN: R) is a group of exemplary educators dedicated to assisting schools throughout the
state in improving student achievement. The QTN is organized and supported by the Minnesota Department of Education under the
leadership of Bonnie D. Houck, Content Area Reading Specialist in the Division of Academic Standards and High School
Improvement.

Document Writers: Jan Ferraro, Bonnie Houck, Sue Klund, Sharon Hexum-Platzer, Jan Vortman-Smith

Project Coordinator: Bonnie Houck, Reading Specialist 651-582-8350
Minnesota Department of Education bonnie.houck@state.mn.us
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113

Reviewers: The Minnesota Reading Licensure Coalition
The Quality Teaching Network: Reading Advisory Board
The Quality Teaching Network: Reading

Expert Evaluator: Michael F. Graves, Ph.D. 612-625-2390
University of Minnesota mgraves@umn.edu
Professor of Literacy Education
330A Peik Hall

“I have read A MODEL SECONDARY (6-12) PLAN FOR READING INTERVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT and believe that it will
be of significant value to secondary schools in Minnesota and elsewhere. It seems to me that its major value will be in alerting schools
to the complexity of the situation, alerting them to the many possibilities for addressing it, and providing them with some of the
resources necessary to do so. This is certainly something that schools need and will be fortunate to get.” - Michael F. Graves, Ph.D.

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Table of Contents

Purpose....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Definitions.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Description of the Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development.............................................................. 7

Planning and Implementation of the Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development .............................. 8

Step One: A Model Secondary (6-12) Plan ............................................................................................................................................. 8

A. Word Recognition, Analysis, and Fluency ....................................................................................................................................... 9
B. Vocabulary Expansion .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
C. Comprehension…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11

Steps Two through Four: A Model System for Identification, Placement and Assessment ............................................................ 15
A Screening Assessment...................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Progress Monitoring Assessment......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Summative Assessment ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Suggested Scheduling and Student-to-Teacher Ratios ........................................................................................................................ 18

Bibliography and References ................................................................................................................................................................. 19

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Purpose
The State of Minnesota recognizes that literacy is necessary. The Board of Teaching Reading Licensure Rule 8710.4725 requires
schools and districts to employ licensed reading teachers for those students needing reading development or intervention at the
secondary level. As the needs of adolescent learners in the area of literacy continue to increase, it is important to develop a curriculum
plan (including a scope and sequence of developmental outcomes) and an assessment plan that are aligned to the Minnesota Academic
Standards. The Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development is meant to serve as a model for districts and
schools as they develop their own programs and curricula. These suggestions reflect current best practices supported by research. The
curricular goals are based on the Minnesota Academic Standards in Language Arts relating to reading, but also include other pertinent
components necessary when working with this student population.

The Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development has been designed to meet the cognitive needs of middle
school through high school students whose reading performance ranges from those significantly below expectation through those
reading at or above grade level. The reading needs of the population of students in need of intervention are so significant that
additional support above and beyond reading in language arts and other content areas is necessary. Students reading at or above grade
level will also benefit from explicit reading instruction at a developmental level. Reading intervention instruction requires delivery by
a licensed reading professional during a specified daily reading class period. Class size is also of importance and depends upon the
program of intervention being delivered. Developmental reading instruction may be delivered through content area courses.

Research recognizes and supports the great need to address the issue of adolescent literacy and to assist all of our students in reading
at grade level so that they may be productive both in their academic lives and in the adult world. (Reading Next, 2005)
(National Governor’s Association, 2005) Research also recognizes that in order for readers to be successful, they need to be engaged
with text and motivated to read. Adolescent readers are more motivated to read when they have choice, an interest in the text they
encounter, and opportunities to participate with a variety of texts. This document is designed to assist schools and districts in
beginning the process of constructing a reading program. In the process of developing these programs, it is important to investigate
research relating to motivation. It is important to provide choice in reading, provide print sources that are at students independent
reading levels, provide opportunities to read independently, and provide opportunities to respond and react to text orally and/or in
writing.

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Definitions

The definitions of the Five Components of Reading Instruction were taken from the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the
scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction (NIH Publication No. 00-4769). Washington, DC:
U.S. Government Printing Office.

Phonemic Awareness
Scientific evidence shows that teaching children to manipulate the sounds in language (phonemes) helps them learn to read. This
remains true under a variety of teaching conditions and with a variety of learners across a range of grade and age levels. The National
Reading Panel (NRP) concluded that teaching phonemic awareness to children significantly improves their reading when compared to
instruction without any attention to phonemic awareness. Specifically, the results of experimental studies led the panel to conclude
that Phonemic Awareness training led to improvement in students' phonemic awareness, reading, and spelling.

Phonics
Phonics instruction is a way of teaching reading that stresses learning how letters correspond to sounds and how to use this knowledge
in reading and spelling. Phonics instruction can be provided systematically. Systematic phonics instruction occurs when children
receive explicit, systematic instruction in a set of pre-specified associations between letters and sounds. Children are taught how to use
these associations to read, typically in texts containing controlled vocabulary.

Fluency
Reading fluency is one of several critical factors necessary for reading comprehension, but is often neglected in the classroom. If
children read aloud with speed, accuracy, and proper expression, they are more likely to comprehend and remember the material than
if they read with difficulty and in an inefficient way. Two instructional approaches have typically been used to teach reading fluency.
One, guided repeated oral reading, encourages students to read passages aloud with systematic and explicit guidance and feedback
from their teacher. The other, independent silent reading, encourages students to read silently on their own, inside and outside the
classroom, with little guidance or feedback from their teachers.

Vocabulary
Vocabulary development has long been considered important for reading comprehension. The panel concluded that vocabulary should
be taught both directly and indirectly. Repetition and seeing vocabulary words several times is also important. Learning in rich
contexts, incidental learning, and the use of computer technology all help children develop larger vocabularies. A combination of
methods, rather than a single teaching method, leads to the best learning.

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Comprehension
Reading comprehension is very important to the development of children's reading skills and their ability to obtain an education. In
carrying out its study of reading comprehension, the NRP noted three main themes in the research on the development of reading
comprehension skills. First, reading comprehension is a complex cognitive process that cannot be understood without a clear
description of the role that vocabulary development and vocabulary instruction play in the understanding of what has been read.
Second, comprehension is an active process that requires an intentional and thoughtful interaction between the reader and the text (text
comprehension instruction that includes both oral and written expressions of this interaction). Third, the preparation of teachers to
better equip students to develop and apply reading comprehension strategies to enhance understanding is intimately linked to students'
achievement in this area.

NOTE: This document was developed to be used as a resource for reading specialists, curriculum directors and administrators in
schools and districts when designing reading intervention and developmental programs that best meet the needs of students. It is
imperative that each school and district study their data and use it to inform their need. Collaboration with an experienced, qualified
reading educator is required for effective use of this document. If you need the assistance of a reading educator, please contact Bonnie
Houck, Reading Specialist, and Minnesota Department of Education.

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Description of the Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development
The Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development is a three-tiered intervention model with a fourth
developmental component. This provides a model for four specific groups of student cognitive reading needs. Districts and schools
will use a triangulation of data which includes norm-referenced, criterion-based, and informal assessments to identify the reading
needs of their students. In studying the data, a district or school may determine that a two-tiered intervention plan would best meet the
needs of their students. The outcomes in the three intervention levels may be used to create a modified scope and sequence.
Remember, this document is a guide to meeting the reading needs of students.

Intervention I is designed to meet the needs of students with the most extreme deficits in many areas of reading, including phonics,
fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. These students are functioning as beginning readers, reading four or more years below their
current grade level. These students score at approximately the first stanine (0-10th percentile) on norm-referenced assessments.
(Note: Be sure to analyze a triangulation of data. Percentile scores alone may not provide adequate placement data.)

Intervention II is designed for students that are reading for skill consolidation. They may be reading three to four levels below their
current grade level. Their specific needs relate to fluency, vocabulary and comprehension development. These students score at
approximately the second or third stanine (11th- 25th percentile) on norm-referenced assessments.

Intervention III is designed to assist students in vocabulary and reading comprehension development and to apply reading skills in
learning new information. These students read approximately one to two levels below their current grade level and score at
approximately the third or fourth stanine (26th- 40th percentile) on norm-referenced assessments. For the student population in need of
intervention, most content area text is at their reading frustration level and it is unlikely that comprehension is occurring. It is
imperative that targeted intervention from a reading specialist is available as soon as possible and for as long as necessary for the
students at this level.

The Developmental Reading component is designed to meet the continuing reading needs of students at or above grade level.
Content area teachers are strongly encouraged to use the developmental framework in planning text based lessons and other
instruction requiring strategic reading.

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Planning and Implementation of the Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and
Development
The planning and implementation of the Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development requires four steps:

Step One: Develop a modification of their existing curriculum to serve as the organizational structure for the interventions or
developmental program. (The model provided can serve as a guide to this process.)

Step Two: Develop a system of assessments including norm-referenced screening assessments, progress monitoring or formative
assessments, and summative assessments.

Step Three: Identify the student population.

Step Four: Group students according to their intervention/developmental needs.

Step One: A Model Secondary (6-12) Plan

Intervention I Intervention II Intervention III Developmental Reading

For students scoring at or below the For students scoring at or below 11th For students scoring at or below 26th to For students reading at or above grade
10th percentile and/or who show the to 25th percentile and/or who are 40th percentile and/or who are reading level. This course may be taught as a
most extreme deficits in many areas reading three to four levels below one to two levels below their current reading class or the outcomes may be
of reading including phonics, fluency, their current grade level and need grade level and need support in integrated into content area courses in
vocabulary and comprehension. support and development in the areas vocabulary and comprehension. order to build vocabulary,
of fluency, vocabulary and comprehension and critical reading
comprehension. competencies.

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A. Word Recognition, Analysis, and Fluency
Instruction in phonics and word identification should be done explicitly and in context.

1. Acquire, understand and use 1. Read unfamiliar, complex and 1. Read unfamiliar, complex and
word structure and phonics multi-syllabic words using multi-syllabic words using
knowledge (including consonants, advanced phonetic and advanced phonetic and structural
blends, and vowel/syllable structural analysis in analysis in appropriate text.
patterns) to decode words through appropriate text.
explicit instruction and 2. Read aloud and comprehend These students should
independent reading. 2. Read aloud and comprehend narrative and expository text with possess the skills and
narrative and expository text with fluency (accuracy, appropriate strategies needed for word
2. Identify individual word parts fluency (accuracy, appropriate pacing, intonation and expression). recognition, analysis, and
to decode and determine the pacing, intonation and fluency.
meaning of compound and multi- expression). 3. Notice when reading breaks
syllabic words. down, reread and use phonetic and
3. Notice when reading breaks other strategies to self-correct.
3. Fluently read high-frequency down, reread and use phonetic
words in context. (Students need and other strategies to self-
to acquire a sight-word vocabulary correct.
of 300-500 words. This is best
accomplished through reading
books at the independent level.)

4. Read aloud appropriate text
(independent reading level) with
fluency (accuracy, appropriate
pacing, intonation and expression).

5. Notice when reading breaks
down, reread and use phonetic and
other strategies to self-correct.

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B. Vocabulary Expansion
Vocabulary instruction should be done explicitly, in context and over time to allow multiple exposure and reinforcement.

1. Acquire, understand and use 1. Acquire, understand and use new 1. Acquire, understand and use new 1. Acquire, understand and use new
new vocabulary through vocabulary through explicit vocabulary through explicit vocabulary through explicit
explicit instruction and instruction and independent reading. vocabulary instruction and vocabulary instruction and
independent reading. independent reading. independent reading.
2. Identify and understand word
2. Acquire and understand structure and use cueing systems 2. Analyze word structure and use 2. Analyze word structure and use
word structure and use (syntax, semantics, graphophonics) to cueing systems (syntax, semantics, cueing systems (syntax, semantics,
cueing systems (syntax, understand new words and to graphophonics) to understand new graphophonics) to understand new
semantics, graphophonics) to comprehend texts. words and to comprehend texts. words and to comprehend texts.
understand new words and to
comprehend texts. 3. Acquire, understand and use basic 3. Acquire, understand and use 3. Acquire, understand and use
academic (content area) vocabulary. essential academic (content area) essential academic (content area)
3. Acquire, understand and use vocabulary. vocabulary.
survival or functional words 4. Use context and word structure
and phrases. (Example: to determine word meanings. 4. Determine the meaning of 4. Determine the meaning of
caution, toxic) unknown words using knowledge of unknown words using knowledge of
5. Use knowledge of basic root common Greek and Latin root Greek and Latin root (base)
4. Use context and word (base) word, prefixes and suffixes to (base) forms, suffixes and prefixes. forms, suffixes, prefixes, and
structure to help determine a determine the meaning of unknown etymology.
word's meaning. words. 5. Generate and interpret similes,
metaphors, and words with 5. Generate and interpret similes,
5. Identify basic root (base) 6. Generate and use derivations, multiple meanings. metaphors, analogies, and words
words, prefixes and suffixes. antonyms, synonyms, idioms, with multiple meanings.
homonyms and multiple-meaning 6. Understand and interpret idioms
6. Generate and use antonyms, words and figures of speech within text. 6. Understand and interpret idioms,
synonyms, and multiple- figures of speech, and
meaning words to express 7. Use a dictionary or glossary to 7. Determine pronunciations, connotations within text.
meaning. locate word meanings. meanings and alternate word
choices through the use of 7. Determine pronunciations,
7. Use a dictionary or dictionaries, thesauruses and meanings and alternate word
glossary to locate word electronic tools. choices through the use of
meanings. dictionaries, thesauruses and
electronic tools.

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C. Comprehension
It is imperative that the majority of text be expository. The seven basic structures of expository text are definition, description, process (collection, time order, or
listing), classification, comparison, analyses, and persuasion. (Heller, 1995).Text comprehension instruction should include both oral and written expressions
that both support the intentional and thoughtful interaction between the reader and the text. (Harris & Hodges, 1995).

1. Read appropriate texts with 1. Read appropriate text with 1. Read appropriate text with 1. Read a variety of appropriate texts
accuracy and comprehension. accuracy and comprehension. accuracy and comprehension. with accuracy and comprehension
and will demonstrate literal,
These strategic reading behaviors These strategic reading behaviors will These strategic reading behaviors will interpretive, inferential and evaluative
will be introduced, modeled and be introduced, modeled and reinforced, be modeled and reinforced to the degree comprehension.
reinforced, but may not be mastered. but may not be mastered. that students can apply them
independently. These strategic reading behaviors will be
Before Reading Before Reading modeled and reinforced to the degree that
• Recall and use prior • Recall and use prior Before Reading students can apply them independently.
knowledge knowledge • Recall and use prior knowledge
• Establish the purpose for • Establish the purpose for • Establish the purpose for Before Reading
reading reading reading • Recall and use prior knowledge
• Select the appropriate • Select the appropriate reading • Select the appropriate reading • Establish the purpose for reading
reading rate for the purpose rate for the purpose rate for the purpose • Select the appropriate reading
• Preview text (by using • Preview text (by using • Use common patterns of rate for the purpose
pictures, diagrams, titles and pictures, diagrams, titles and informative text structure to • Use common patterns of
headings) to prepare for headings) to prepare for reading aid comprehension informative text structure and
reading • Use common patterns of text • Select an appropriate strategy persuasive text structure
• Generate questions and structure to aid comprehension (graphic organizer, note taking, [problem/solution, opinion/reason
predictions • Generate questions and outlining, etc.) to maximize and thesis proof] to aid
predictions comprehension while reading comprehension
During Reading • Preview text (by using pictures, • Select appropriate strategies
• Metacognate During Reading diagrams, titles and headings) to (graphic organizer, note taking,
(Metacognition is the ability • Metacognate (Metacognition is prepare for reading outlining, etc.) to maximize
of the student to analyze, the ability of the student to • Generate questions and comprehension while reading
reflect on, and understand analyze, reflect on, and predictions • Preview text (by using pictures,
her own cognitive and understand her own cognitive diagrams, titles and headings) to
learning processes. Students and learning processes. During Reading prepare for reading
who identify appropriate Students who identify • Metacognate (Metacognition is • Generate questions and
learning strategies in the appropriate learning strategies the ability of the student to predictions
right context are using in the right context are using analyze, reflect on, and
metacognition.) metacognition.)

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• Monitor comprehension, understand her own cognitive
reread and use strategies to • Monitor comprehension, and learning processes. Students During Reading
self-correct when necessary reread and use strategies to self- who identify appropriate • Metacognate (Metacognition is
• Maintain engagement with correct when necessary learning strategies in the right the ability of the student to
text (use organizers, notes, • Maintain engagement with text context are using analyze, reflect on, and
etc.) (use organizers, notes, etc.) metacognition.) understand her own cognitive and
• Periodically stop and • Periodically stop and • Monitor comprehension, learning processes. Students who
paraphrase paraphrase reread and use strategies to self- identify appropriate learning
• Answer questions and • Answer questions and generate correct when necessary strategies in the right context are
generate new questions. new questions • Maintain engagement with text using metacognition.)
• Make predictions about text • Make predictions about text (use organizers, notes, etc.) • Monitor comprehension, reread
and verify outcomes and verify outcomes • Periodically stop and and use strategies to self-correct
• Think critically about texts • Think critically about texts paraphrase when necessary
and repsond both orally and and repsond both orally and in • Answer questions and generate • Maintain engagement with text
in writing. writing. new questions (use organizers, notes, etc.)
• Make predictions about text • Periodically stop and
After Reading After Reading and verify outcomes paraphrase, formulate
• Restate the sequence of • Restate the sequence of events • Think critically about texts and inferences and draw
events in the text in order in the text in order repsond both orally and in conclusions
• Identify the main idea, facts • Identify main idea and writing. • Answer questions and generate
and supporting details in determine relevant details in new questions
non-fiction texts non-fiction text After Reading • Make predictions about text and
• Summarize the main points • Distinguish between relevant • Evaluate if reading goals have verify outcomes
of the text and irrelevant ideas been achieved
• Demonstrate comprehension • Summarize the main points of • Restate the sequence of events After Reading
by integrating text with the text both orally and in in the text in order • Evaluate if reading goals have
prior knowledge writing • Identify main idea and been achieved
• Use graphic organizers to • Generate inferential questions distinguish between relevant • Restate the sequence of events
show relationships (compare and draw conclusions about and irrelevant ideas in the text in order
and contrast, cause and what is read both orally and in • Infer the unstated main idea • Identify main idea and
effect) between ideas or writing • Summarize the main points of distinguish between relevant and
events • Use graphic organizers to the text both orally and in irrelevant ideas
• Identify facts and opinions show relationships (compare writing • Infer the unstated main idea
• Respond in writing to and contrast, cause and effect) • Make inferences and draw • Summarize the main points of
questions about the meaning between ideas or events conclusions to maximize the text both orally and in writing
of the text • Distinguish fact from opinion comprehension • Make inferences and draw

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• Respond in writing to • Generate inferential questions conclusions to maximize
questions about the meaning of and draw conclusions about comprehension
the text what is read both orally and in • Generate inferential questions
writing and draw conclusions about what
• Generate graphic organizers is read both orally and in writing
to enhance comprehension of • Generate graphic organizers to
texts and to describe text enhance comprehension of texts
structure and organization and to describe text structure and
• Distinguish fact from opinion organization
• Synthesize thoughts, ideas and • Distinguish fact from opinion
concepts both orally and in • Synthesize thoughts, ideas and
writing concepts both orally and in
• Seek additional information writing
from outside sources • Seek additional information
• Integrate new understandings from outside sources and evaluate
and prior knowledge the purpose, accuracy,
• Critically read and evaluate text comprehensiveness, and
to identify author’s viewpoint usefulness of the informational
and purpose (Why did the materials
author write this? What makes • Integrate new understandings
you think so?) and prior knowledge
• Critically read to detect bias • Understand and interpret use of
and evaluate evidence and logic advertising and propaganda
approaches
• Understand and explain uses of
primary and secondary sources
of information
• Analyze and draw accurate
conclusions about information
contained in warranties, contracts,
job descriptions, technical
descriptions and other
informational sources, selected
from labels, warnings, manuals,
directions, applications and forms
in order to complete specific tasks
• Critically read and evaluate text

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to identify author’s viewpoint,
purpose and possible bias (Why
did the author write this? What
makes you think so?)
• Trace the logical development of
an author's argument, and
evaluate the adequacy, accuracy
and appropriateness of the
author's evidence in a persuasive
text
• Evaluate clarity and accuracy
of information, as well as the
credibility of sources
• Identify, understand and explain
the various types of fallacies in
logic
• Synthesize information from
multiple selections in order to
draw conclusions, make
predictions, and form
interpretations

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Steps Two through Four: A Model System for Identification, Placement and Assessment

A Screening Assessment
The screening assessment needs to be a group-administered, norm-referenced, multiple-choice test that assesses vocabulary and
reading comprehension, and yields a composite score. The percentile score provides preliminary student placement information. These
scores assist in targeting individual students who are in need of additional reading support, and provide data on the effectiveness of
intervention and developmental programs. Using data from a norm referenced assessment, along with data from MCA and informal
classroom assessments, provides a triangulation of data which gather multiple perspectives so as to gain a more complete
understanding of the needs of the students. (Students scoring in Level I and II on the MCA Reading Assessments often have reading
difficulties. It is also possible that students scoring in Level III may be reading below grade level. Using additional assessment sources
assists in illuminating these needs.)

Students scoring below the 40th percentile on the screening assessment may be in need of targeted intervention. After identifying the
students at or below the 40th percentile, students will be designated to one of three targeted intervention programs and the
developmental program.

Intervention I
Below the 10th percentile
Comparable assessment history*
Teacher recommendation

Intervention II
11th-25th percentile

Intervention III
26th-40th percentile

Developmental Reading
At or above the 40th percentile

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* It is important to review previous reading assessment data, grade history, anecdotal teacher recommendations related to reading and
any other pertinent information. It is recommended that an informal reading inventory be administered in order to identify the
independent and instructional reading levels of each student.

Examples of Norm-Referenced Assessments
There are many assessments that can be used as a screening instrument. Examples include:
• Stanford Diagnostic
• Degrees of Reading Power
• Gates MacGinitie
• Nelson Denney
• NWEA

Supporting Assessments for Identification
Informal reading inventories should be administered by a licensed reading teacher. Examples include:
• Informal Reading Inventories (Jerry Johns, QRI 4, Burns and Roe, Silvaroli, etc.)
• Gray Oral Reading Test
• Running Record or Miscue Analysis
• DRA

Use the Informal Reading Inventories
The purposes of informal reading inventories are to identify:
• The independent reading level of each student
• The instructional reading level of each student
• The frustration reading level of each student
• Specific miscues that can lead to information about each student’s reading strengths and needs
• The reading fluency and rate (WPM)
• Patterns of word identification

Use the Developmental Reading Assessment, Grades 4-8, to identify:
• Comprehension strengths and weaknesses
• Independent reading level
• Instructional reading level
• Specific miscues that can lead to information about each student’s reading

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• Motivation and reading habits

Progress Monitoring Assessment
It is very important to consistently monitor the impact of a reading program by establishing benchmarks with an initial assessment,
reassessing each student regularly, and examining the amount of gain that has been made since the intervention/program began. These
assessments provide evidence that the intervention process is working. If no gain has occurred, it suggests that the intervention process
is not working and another kind of intervention should be tried.

An initial assessment of each strand within the intervention program should be administered to establish a baseline for each student.
An informal formative assessment should be used every two to three weeks to measure students’ progress in meeting program
outcomes. A summative assessment of each strand should be administered at the end of the intervention program. When students
successfully meet the goals of the intervention program, they may advance to the next level.

*The purpose of an informal assessment is to identify the growth and continued learning needs of students. It is not necessary that
these be paper/pencil assessments. These assessment artifacts may be items of student work, graphic organizers, observational notes,
conference notes, or running records and miscue analyses.

Summative Assessment
Initial screening assessment percentiles may be used as baseline data to assist in monitoring the growth of students and their placement
in the continuum of intervention programs. The summative assessment provides documentation at the end of an intervention and
indicates the extent to which students have mastered the program goals and objectives.

The summative assessment should be the reapplication of another form of your screening assessment. (Do not use the same form of
the assessment or IRI.)

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Suggested Scheduling and Student-to-Teacher Ratios
Intervention I
Intervention I should meet every day for at least one class period. It is recommended that the reading intervention class take place in
the morning. Students should remain in the class until such time as assessment indicates movement to Intervention II. Class size
should be limited to six to eight students. These students need intensive, individualized instruction in order to make significant gains
within a short period of time. (A gain of more than one reading level per year is necessary if there is any hope of their catching up to
their grade level.)

Intervention II
Intervention II should meet every day for at least one class period. Students should remain in the class until such time as assessment
indicates movement to Intervention III. Class size should be limited to 8 to 15 students.

Intervention III
Intervention III should meet every day for at least one class period. Students should remain in the class until such time as assessment
indicates that they have successfully reached grade-level expectation, score above the 40th percentile on the norm-referenced
assessment and/or teacher recommendation. Class size should be limited to 15 to 20 students.

* Smaller class size contributes to the possible success of the program.
** Age and gender should be considered when grouping students (e.g., schedule sixth graders with sixth graders, seventh graders with
seventh graders, etc.).
*** In situations where a significant percentage of the class population receives ELL or special education services, it is recommended
that the reading intervention class be taught by the reading specialist in collaboration with the ELL or Special Education specialist.

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http://www.all4ed.org/adolescent_literacy/

International Reading Association
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Partnership for Reading
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Literacy Matters
http://www.literacymatters.org

National Council for the Teachers of English web site on Adolescent and Young Adult Literacy
http://www.ncte.org/edpolicy/literacy/

NCREL: What Does Research Say about Reading?
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/stw_esys/str_read.htm

NGA: National Governor’s Association: Reading to Achieve
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0510GOVGUIDELITERACY.PDF

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/

National Staff Development Center
http://www.nsdc.org/

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Research Informing Practice: A Series of Workshops
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/adolescent/

Scholastic Adolescent Literacy Resource Center
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/read180/literacyresources.asp

SEDL: Building Reading Proficiency at the Secondary Level
http://www.sedl.org/pubs/reading16/

The Education Alliance at Brown University—The Knowledge Loom
http://knowledgeloom.org/adlit/index.jsp

The Education Trust
http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust

The Partnership for Reading
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/

Motivation

Contexts for Engagement and Motivation in Reading
http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/guthrie

Motivating Low Performing Adolescent Readers
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d112.html

Motivating Students
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/motivate.html

Effective Support of Adolescent Literacy at the High School Level is Critical
http://knowledgeloom.org/adlit/summary2.html

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Assessment Tools

Phonemic Awareness

1. Consortium on Reading Excellence, Inc., Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. Arena Press, Novato,
California, 1999. ISBN: 1-57128-120-7. This book contains formal and informal assessment tools for students in kindergarten through eighth
grade. http://www.corelearn.com

2. Wagner, Richard; Torgesen, Joseph; Rashotte, Carol; Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP). PRO-ED, Austin, Texas.
This test assesses phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming. This test will help to identify individuals from kindergarten
through college who may profit from instruction activities to enhance their phonological skills. http://www.proedinc.com

Phonics
Most phonics programs have informal assessments that correspond with the teaching of phonics lessons and activities. Following are general
guidelines for phonics programs as describe by the National Institute for Literacy in the book entitled Put Reading First: The Research Building
Blocks for Teaching Children to Read.
Effective programs offer phonics instruction that:
• helps teachers explicitly and systematically instruct students in how to relate letters and sounds, how to break spoken words into sounds,
and how to blend sounds to form words;
• helps students understand why they are learning the relationships between letters and sounds;
• helps students apply their knowledge of phonics as they read words, sentences, and text;
• helps students apply what they learn about sounds and letters to their own writing;
• can be adapted to the needs of individual students, based on assessment; and
• includes alphabetic knowledge, phonemic awareness, vocabulary development, and the reading of text, as well as systematic phonics
instruction.

grade. http://www.corelearn.com/contact.html

2. Johns, Jerry L.; Basic Reading Inventory: Pre-primer through Grade Twelve and Early Literacy, Ninth Edition. Kendall/Hunt Publishing,
Dubuque, Iowa. ISBN: 0-7575-1842-7. This book contains graded word lists and graded passages that can be used to help teachers place students
in appropriate reading materials, assess comprehension, and determine the student’s strategies for word identification and comprehension.
http://www.kendallhunt.com

3. Ekwall, Eldon; Shanker, James L.; Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory. Published by Allyn & Bacon, 2000, ISBN: 0-202-30441-9. This
fourth edition provides 38 diagnostic tests in 11 different areas that enable the teacher to assess phonemic awareness, concepts about print, letter

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knowledge, basic sight words, structural analysis, fluency, and comprehension.
http://www.ablongman.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0205304419,00.html

4. Leslie, Laureen; Caldwell, JoAnne; Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 4/e. Allyn & Bacon, 2001, ISBN: 0-205-44327-3. This set of materials
assesses reading ability at emergent through high school levels. It focuses assessment on specific questions regarding word identification, fluency,
and comprehension. http://www.ablongman.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0205443273,00.html

Fluency

1. Ekwall, Eldon; Shanker, James L.; Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory. Published by Allyn & Bacon, 2000, ISBN: 0-202-30441-9. This
fourth edition provides 38 diagnostic tests in 11 different areas that enable the teacher to assess phonemic awareness, concepts about print, letter
knowledge, basic sight words, structural analysis, fluency, and comprehension.
http://www.ablongman.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0205304419,00.html


3. Read Naturally, Inc. uses the Read Naturally Strategy which combines teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring to
remediate fluency problems and improve comprehension. It has a fluency scale to assess whether children are in need of fluency instruction. For
more information, contact READ Naturally, Inc., 750 South Plaza Drive #318, St. Paul, MN 55120. http://www.readnaturally.com; 651-452-4085;
1-800-788-4085; fax: 651-452-9204; E-mail: info@readnaturally.com.


Vocabulary

grade. http://www.corelearn.com/sourcebook.htm

2. Johns, Jerry L.; Lenski, Susan Davis; Elish-Piper, Laurie; Early Literacy Assessments and Teaching Strategies. Kendall/Hunt Publishing,
Dubuque, Iowa. ISBN: 0-7872-5619-6. This book contains assessments for phonemic awareness as well as for phonics, vocabulary and passage
reading. http://www.kendallhunt.com

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4. Ekwall, Eldon; Shanker, James L.; Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory. Published by Allyn & Bacon, 2000, ISBN: 0-202-30441-9. This fourth
edition provides 38 diagnostic tests in 11 different areas that enable the teacher to assess phonemic awareness, concepts about print, letter
knowledge, basic sight words, structural analysis, fluency, and comprehension. http://www.ablongman.com/professional/catalog/academic

Comprehension

grade. http://www.corelearn.com/contact.html


3. Ekwall, Eldon; Shanker, James L.; Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory. Published by Allyn & Bacon, 2000, ISBN: 0-202-30441-9. This fourth
edition provides 38 diagnostic tests in 11 different areas that enable the teacher to assess phonemic awareness, concepts about print, letter
knowledge, basic sight words, structural analysis, fluency, and comprehension. http://www.ablongman.com/professional/catalog/academic

4. Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) package gives K-3 teachers a range of tools to help monitor literacy behavior continuously as they
teach, as well as to conduct periodic assessments for accountability. For more information, contact Celebration Press, 4350 Equity Drive, P.O.
Box 2649, Columbus, Ohio 43216. http://www.pearsonlearning.com Phone: 1-800-321-3106; Fax 1-800-393-3156

5. Beaver, Joetta; Developmental Reading Assessment; ISBN: 0-673-60530-2. Package gives K-3 teachers a range of tools to help monitor
literacy behavior continuously as they teach, as well as conduct periodic assessments for accountability. For more information, contact
Celebration Press, 4350 Equity Drive, P.O. Box 2649, Columbus, Ohio 43216. http://www.pearsonlearning.com Phone: 1-800-321-3106;
Fax: 1-800-393-3156


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